Vought OS2U floatplane shot down june 25 1944

[dp_burke]

https://www.history.navy.mil/researc...r-ii/1944.html

the number of aircraft on those two ships didn't change between 20th and 27th June but then they would likely have been replenished.

[martin75]

Apparently, USS Quincy still have 2 OS2U aboard in august and one was shot down before Toulon.
I wonder if the reference found for a seaplane shot down on June 25 in front of Cherbourg is a confusion with the aircraft shot down in August in front of Toulon.


Thanks for your help


Claude

[twocee]

I have not been able to find any SOC/OS2U losses for late-June 1944 in that part of the world, but surely this is because their pilots were flying spotting missions in Spitfires with VCS-7?

The August 1944 loss off Toulon, on the 21st, involved an SOC-3, BuNo 1083, from USS Philadelphia. It was seen to crash in flames, believed hit by AA.